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High Notes Metro's picks for the Jazz Fest EVEN FOR THE TRULY DRIVEN JAZZ-LOVER, it's impossible to catch every performance taking place on 12 stages over two days at the San Jose Jazz Festival. So here are some suggestions by Metro's own in-house jazz fans. Not included in these picks are the Women in Jazz Stage (see cover story for a complete listing of that stage) and the Youth Stage, which features performances, from noon to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday, of the next couple of generations of jazzers, from Montessori to college (honestly, who could choose from among them?). In any case, this is not a definitive list. Even when pressed, sometimes Metro's writers couldn't pick just one act at a given hour. So, we know exactly how you feel. August 10 The San Jose Jazz Society teams up with Metro's Music in the Park for a sizzling warm-up for the festival: Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at 5:30pm in the Southwest Airlines Main Stage August 11 The weekend's festivities get off to a solid start with a double-header of Aztex at 5:30pm and Poncho Sanchez at 7:30pm in the Southwest Airlines Main Stage August 12 Headliners The Bronx Horns, 2pm Southwest Airlines Main Stage Hiroshima, 6pm Southwest Airlines Main Stage Off the Beaten Path Ray Brown's Great Big Band, noon KICU-TV36 Big Band Stage or D.O.Z. and SOL, noon Odyssey Network Gospel Stage Smith Dobson Quintet, 1:45pm Xilinx Tech Museum Stage or Havana Jazz, 2pm Ford Salsa Stage Joanne Brackeen, 2:30pm Club Ibex International Jazz Stage Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited, 3:30pm Xilinx Tech Museum Stage Steve Wilson, 4:30pm EMusic.com/ Concord Records/ KCSM Stage Charanga Nueve, 5pm Fiesta Latina de Jazz Stage Pete Escovedo Orchestra, 7pm Fiesta Latina de Jazz Stage or Swey 7, 7pm Gordon Biersch Courtyard Stage August 13 Headliners Gonzalo Rubalcaba, noon Southwest Airlines Main Stage Roy Hargrove, 4pm Southwest Airlines Main Stage Off the Beaten Path Michael La Macchia Group, 12:30pm Gordon Biersch Courtyard Stage Potaje, 1pm Fiesta Latina de Jazz Stage John Handy with Class, 1:45pm Xilinx Tech Museum Stage or Frank Jansen & Val Limar Jansen, 2pm Odyssey Network Gospel Stage Ed Calle & Ray Vega Quintet, 2:30pm EMusic.com/ Concord Records/ KCSM Stage Crushing Spiral Ensemble, 4:30pm Club Ibex International Jazz Stage Brenda Boykin, 5pm E*Trade Blues 'n' BBQ Stage Coppola/Travis Big Band, 6pm KICU-TV36 Big Band Stage Avishai Cohen, 6:30pm EMusic.com/ Concord Records/ KCSM Stage Leslie Paula Band, 7pm Fiesta Latina de Jazz Stage The AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival takes place Aug 10-13 in downtown San Jose, with all stages in or around the Southwest Airlines Main Stage at Market and San Carlos streets. Admission is free. Festival information: 408.288.7557 or www.sanjosejazz.org. Metro is also a sponsor of the 2000 AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival. [ San Jose | Metroactive Central | Archives ]